Other Fulfillment Cost: Custom Fulfillment Expenses

User-defined fulfillment costs from order cost entries, including packaging materials and other fulfillment fees.

Formula

Other Fulfillment Cost = SUM ( Order Cost Entries ) WHERE category = Fulfillment

Formula Components

Metric	Definition
Order Cost Entries	Cost line items you configure in Settings → Costs
category = Fulfillment	Cost entries classified under the Fulfillment category

Metadata
Type	Currency
Data Source	Upstack Costs
Aggregation	Sum

Cost Type	Amount	Per Order
Packaging Materials	$1,560	$2.00
Gift Wrapping	$624	$0.80
Custom Inserts	$546	$0.70
Total Other Fulfillment	$2,730	$3.50

Cost Type

Amount

Per Order

Packaging Materials

$1,560

$2.00

Gift Wrapping

$624

$0.80

Custom Inserts

$546

$0.70

Total Other Fulfillment

$2,730

$3.50

How It Works

Other Fulfillment Cost sums all user-defined fulfillment expenses from your order cost entries. These are costs you configure with the Fulfillment category—packaging materials, branded inserts, gift wrapping fees, and other fulfillment-related expenses beyond standard shipping and handling. This metric combines with Shipping Cost and Handling Cost to form Total Fulfillment Cost.

When to Use

Scenario	Action
Packaging cost tracking	Monitor branded packaging and materials expenses
Contribution margin analysis	Include as part of Total Fulfillment Cost for CM2
Custom fulfillment optimization	Identify opportunities to reduce non-shipping fulfillment costs
Per-order profitability	Add to fulfillment burden when analyzing order-level margins

Metric	Relationship
Total Fulfillment Cost	Sum of shipping, handling, and this metric
Shipping Cost	Carrier expenses (separate from this metric)
Handling Cost	Warehouse fees (separate from this metric)
New Customer Other Fulfillment Cost	This metric filtered to first-time buyers
Returning Customer Other Fulfillment Cost	This metric filtered to repeat buyers

Metric

Relationship

Total Fulfillment Cost

Sum of shipping, handling, and this metric

Shipping Cost

Carrier expenses (separate from this metric)

Handling Cost

Warehouse fees (separate from this metric)

New Customer Other Fulfillment Cost

This metric filtered to first-time buyers

Returning Customer Other Fulfillment Cost

This metric filtered to repeat buyers

METRICS

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